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= In life it is difficult to say who do
YOU the most mischief-enemies with the
worst intentions or friends with the best.
The United Presbyterians have
voted in general assembly by a poll of
1O7 to 81 to permit the use of the organ
in worship.
"Paul Gladstone" the celebrated
setter dog belonging to the Memphis and
Avent kennel, has been sold to the Pitts.
burg kennel for the handsome sum Of
$4,000.
"A red.nosed gentleman asked wit
whether he believed in spirits. Gay,
sir" replied he,. looking him full in the
face, ~ see too much evidence before me-
to doubt that"
"Don't look at your boy when he is
speaking" writes father. "1t embar.
rasses him when he is explaining how he
happened to be in school and out playing
ball at the same time."
An exchange is asked the question:
"How shall I stuff a deer's head ~ It
depends upon the party asked. Ifshe is
q rich dear, tell her you love her for her
self alone. Ifshe is poor, insist thxt ty9n
love her just as much az ifahe WefS San
heiress,
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Satisfied.

"Did you look under the bed?" in
euired wife Of her husband, after he
bad turned out the light and got fairly
settled for nights rest.
NO." was the blunt response.
"Well, suppose there's man theref"
said the alarmed woman.
"I don't want to see him if there is,"
was the answer.
"Well get up and LOOK; I shall not let
you rest until you do"
BE knew her of old, and after fun.
bling around, found a match, lit it and
looked under the bed. Then he threw
the match away, got into bed and whis.
pered:
"My dear, there is man under the
bed"
"Oh, get OUT" was the quick response.
"You can't fool me. know better"
Then she turned over, perfectly salts.
fed, and went to sleep. She had accom-.
plished her object EAmira Gazette.
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the horse in the flank and down he sat in
the water. When he got him up and out
and was all dripping vet, he was as mad
as wet hen and said, "Well, sir, what
made this horse do that way in the
water?" "I forgot to tell you," said the
man, "that he sets fish just as we'll as he
does Birds"
Now for another story for the children
"a German story-just such as Hans
Christian Anderson tells. I had visit
the other day from German friend and
he told my children that "a long time
ago a cranky king went to visit one ofhis
monasteries, and while there he fell out
With the monk, and told him he. would
give him just two weeks to answer three
questions and if he didn't answer them
correctly he would have, his head cut of.
1. Chow long," said he, will it take
me to ride round the earth on horse
back?
2. "What would bring if I was put
up and sold for my worth?
8. "What am I thinking about and l
must be thinking wrong at the time.D
The poor monk was in great distress,
and after the king had gone prepared
himself to die. His old servant asked
him what troubled him so, and when the
monk told him the servant said: sob,
we'll, don't be troubled. When the king
comes will put on your gown and wig
and play monk and answer the questions"
The servant was very bsld, but the wig
and the gown made him look very much
like the monk, and SO when the cranky
king came and asked for the answers the
servant said:
your majesty will begin to ride at
sunrise and ride as fast as the sun moves
it will take you just twenty-four hours TO
ride around the EARTH"
"Good; pretty good" said the king;
"I will take thai. for an answer. Now,
for the next"
"Our Savior was sold," said the SER
want, "for thirty pieces of silver. Your
majesty cannot be worthsmore than our
blessed Lord, but would bring about
twenty.nine."
"Well, that will do, too," said the king
"You are smarter than I thought you
was, but will get you on the last ques.
tion, and then off comes your head.
What am l thinking and must be
thinking wrong?"
"Well, your majesty" said the servant,
"you are thinking that am the monk
and you are thinking wrong, for I am
only his servant" and he took off his wig
and showed his bald head, and the king
was too much surprised to get mad, and
called up the monk and gave him ring,
and then departed in good humor.
There is curious kinshlp among the
stories of a race of people. The Persisns
have theirs, as found in the Arabian
Nights. The Brahmins have theirs, as
found in "The Old Deecan Days" Hans
Anderson gives us samples of the Ger.
man and Uncle Remus of the African.
The Greeks had theirs and the Romans
theirs and the Scandinaviaus theirs, but
what we have got that would make up q
book-a characteristic book of the
Anglo Saxon race I confess do not
know. 1t would simply be vast and
wonderful variety-that's all.
BILL ARP.
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An Accidental Invention.

The telescope was an accidental dis
covery. The children of q Dutch spec.
tacle maker named Lippershey were
playing with some of their fathers glass
es before his door, sitting them this way
and that, and peeping through them in
turns for fun, when, by certain acci.
dental arrangement of the glasses, they
were surprised to see the spire of the
distant church brought, to all appearan.
ces, close to their eyes. The spectacle
maker was called to witness the pheno.
menon, and was filled with strange
delight with what he saw. he from this
set about the construction ofthe telescope,
and when it vas finished took the instru-
ment to Calico, who improved upon it,
and astonished the Doge and the mobiles
of Venice by one day presenting it to
their wondering eyes to look through
Tile Romance of lnuention.
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The Winged scayengers Of the south.

The so. called turkey.buzzard is not q
buzzard at all, but yulture. By insist
ing upon this distinction the buzzard
tribe ..could improve its reputation for
cleanliness. 1t is against the law in
almost every Southern State to shoot a
rkey.buzzard. There are two excellent
reasons for this prohibition; the buzzards
are the scavengers of the South and there
is no telling what sort Of pestilence
dead turkey.buszard would. bring on If
anybody should kill one. The turkey
buzzard is knowing bird. He knows
he is not good to be eaten-though his
knowing this does not imply that be has
superior knowledge-and he is not shy
of mankind. He hovers over the market
places in the Southen cities, waiting for
business to close; and when the crowd
of purchasers has departed the buzzard
descends and ieasts upon the odds and
ends that have fallen from the butchers
and fish mopger's knives. The scarcity
of hash, mince pie, and fish chowder in
the Southern States is something for
which the buzzards should have credit.
In Charleston there is big public mar.
ket down by the water, and the buzzards
always clean up after business hours.
The wisdom of the turkey.buzzard is
known also by one of his expedients for
getting rid of work, which is fatiguing in
the Southern States. He goes to the
mouths of rivers, where the conflicting
forces of current and tide deposit on the
banks considerable proportion of the
carrion and other unwholesome things
that are borne toward the sea on the
rivers food, and he accommodates his
not very fastidious appetite to the move
ment of the tides. All animals that
perish inland are found by the buzzards.
It is even said that focks of these birds
will hover for days and nights for horse
| or COW that is on its last legs. A North
erner vas driven out of Southern
Georgia last winter by some one telling
him that the buzzards we're beginning to
keep an eye on him. Last Summer the
sheriff of a county in Florida disappeared
in the woods after having loaded up
\
big revolver, and told his wife he was
going to shoot himself. Some little
effort was made 10 learn whether he had
kept his promise, but after day of
searching in the cypress swamps the
searchers sat down in the shade of their
houses and said they would wait three
days, when the buzzards would find him,
and then they would find the buzzards.
The turkey.buzzard, despite his formida.
Bile look. is a harmless bird. Not only
does he never strike creature till it is
down, but he hardly ever strikes i: till it
is dead.-Geo2g;a Correspondence cfthe
Mew York San.
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Families Securely United.

FAYETTEVILLE, ga, June o.-1aefe
was performed here yesterday, before
Justice Tomlin, a marriage ceremony,
which is the elimination OF q remark
able series of matrimonial ventures. The
parties thereto were Nathan Starnes and
Mrs. Eliza Hamby. In cozy farm
houses on opposite sides of the Jones'
borough road, near the Clayton County
liae, lived the two families of Handy
and Starnes. For thirty years they have
been prominent citizens of that section.
To each came an increase of family,
equally proportioned, save that the Ham
bys were all boys and the starneses we're
girls. The children, ten in number, lived
together almost as one family, and it was
the most natural thing in the world fol
the oldest Mr.. Handy and the first born
Miss Starnes to unite in wedlock. This
marriage was followed by the next
couple, and so on down to the fourth,
when Mr. Starnes violently protested
against letting the Hambys have any
more of his daughters. The marriage
was permitted to take place, however,
but with the permission was registered a
VOW that it should be the last tie between
the families.
Two weeks ago Handy, senior, passed
away, and during the period of mourn
ing greater intimacy sprang up between
the families. This was fatal step for
Mr.. starnes, because, Friday night. he
missed his youngest and only single
daughter, only to learn that the youngest
of the Hambys was also missing. Then
it was that the truth flashed upon his
mind. Mounting his horse he rode over
the neighborhood in search Of the pair
When he struck the trail it was we'll on
to daylight Saturday. Following it he
reached the house of a Justice of the
Peace near Jonesborougb, and from that
gentleman learned that he had married
the young couple and that they could be
found in town. The interview when he
found them was a stormy one, and he
left them in a rage. Reaching home he
had his buggy hitched up and driven il
front of the widows house.
"Come, old lady," said he, "let ui
finish up this business. If the Hambyi
are to have the whole family, l might al
we'll know it at once"
The astonisbed widow did not know
what to make Of him.
SECT in" said he, pushing her by the
shoulder, "get in the buggy at once
There must be no more foolipg abou
this matter"
Pushing her by main force into hi'
buggy, starnes took his seat by her side
and, whipping up his horse, was il
Squire Tomlin's parlor before the widow
knew what was the matter.
"Marry us quick" was starnes's en-
phatic request "I am going to put al
end to this excitement around this place
I reckon the Hambys will be satisfied
then"
The couple are now established in tn
starnes house, and people from far ant
near are calling upon them to congratu
late them.
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An Ancient Trade.

The practice Of stretching the tanned
skin on q wooden frame, as is the custom
Of European saddlers, and the semicir-
cular knife in vogue with the curriers' of
the present day, are both distinctly rep
resented at Thebes.
It's singular circumstance that the
Chinese have no acquaintance with the
process of tanning by vegetable juices,
but use only mineral and animal sub.
stances; hence the inferiority of their
prepared skins.
In addition to sandals the Egyptian
curriers' made the coverings of seats Of
sofas, bow cases, quiyers, the furniture Of
war chariots, and the decoration of harps,
and shields. Stamped and beautifully
embossed leather straps have been fire..
quently found fastened round the mum.
mics.
Many pieces of skin and leather from
the Egyptian tombs still exist in state
of perfect preservation which passed
through the hands of the tanner more
than thirty centuries ago, and which, but
for the invention of this process, must
have perished in few hours after they
had left the carcass from which they we're
stripped.
The myriads of victims slain in the
Jewish sacrifices must have afforded the
skin market copious supply. The scar
city of glass, pottery and earthen-ware
| would, however, cause constant de.
mand for leather bottles and drinking
vessels, and these, by reason of climate.
defective manufacture and by exposure
to the fermentation, were very perishable
perhaps even more so than the brittle
vessels of glass and clay.
The shoe makers are one of the very
lowest castles in India. Leather is. con-
sidered unclean by the Hindoos, and
consequently those who work in it are
de6led. 1t is alleged of the shoe makers
that they eat the flesh of domestic an
imals that die natural death. They
drag or carry away the carcass 10 their
own part of the town or village, cut il
up in pieces, and distribute it among
themselves in sufficient portions, and
clean the hide and put it away for sale OF
to be manufactured into something.
| Only one tanner is mentioned in the
Bible-the Simon, who was in all proba'
bility, member of the church at Joppa
/ in whose house Peter found a temporary
home when the messengers of Cornelius
were informed: "He lodgeth with one
Simon, q tanner, whose house is by the
seaside" There are numerous wells Of
water in close proximity to the town Of
Joppa. This would render in a suitable
locality for q tannery, and the adjacent
port would facilitate the shipment of 8
cargo in great request not only through
out all the he.Mediterranean coasts but fal
4 up the Nile and among thesemi- civilized
dwellers of Northern Europe. Several
/ tanneries of:great antiquity still exis
| near the shore, one of which is said by
tradition to have been that of Simon tht
tanner.
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Mr.. EDITOR: At a regular commune
cation of the Williamson Division Sons
of Temperance, the following article was
read by Miss Lizzie Alexander, and on
motion the papers of our County were
requested to publish the same.
(Signed)
D. W. H1oTT,
G. W. ANDERSON,
W. A. BELTS,
Committee.
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YOU each 30 act in reference to it as not
to call down the woe of the text upon
your head, but by your labor and your
vote contribute what is in your power to
the complete overthrow of the whiskey
traffic. Then when you come to stand
before the Judge you will be able to
show that you had part in the destruc.
tion of the most efficient scheme the
devil ever invented in opposition to him
and his kingdom, and shall hear from
Him the approving sentence, "Well
DONE"
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aIER Rgol ,UnN,
JIfs,NJ:KseALEs, EDITOR.


Z. E,
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ssfsd nas with q falI flowing
splessan face Yet one that is full
a.; MI iSstsi s nation and q. high
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s]ET IA Is stiil insthe prime
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3ESy s; IS On us abis tlls banks of the
s6p studiai fol, the ministry,
& fSsI 1852 81 4 Was / . nmsds cha aplainsof the ID
sY YorF osShs .Hasris light Cavalry.
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SInSns % Z, 81. tue chap plainss Of the hos.
oisrsss Monroe. Returning
Siss psr, rs B became pastor Of the
bqfsfisn 6hnich at Highland Falls,
AS q of Vest Roint. His.
l M iissit js lhis slocality furnishes lsa
EaSis s}or ssnas isii ie sofs sthe most charming
a' slpriip9 W Of Of 1874 he removed 70
ss iss1s Be Hudson and began the
ssSs s ystion 81 s ANAL NAL fruit acquiring 9
s. IS 50 4sPst q thiis business.
g JSs RSy yslhs Aame 10 be ap author is as
Il / esss g since has been.
s. 4 & told 1iss own words The
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- The man who procrastinates strug.
giles with ruin.
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Out Of season-au empty pepper box.
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And many dogs there be;
Both mongrell puppy, whelp and hound
And ours of low degree"
The next morning saw the town dray
hauling three dead dogs to the woods and
I was sorry that one of them was not
mine, but his turn will come, I reckon,
for though every dog must have his day
he incident have all night to bark and
prowl around. Living in town makes a
dog impudent just like it does folks.
Even our old msre is getting too fat and
gaily for she don't have that FIVE miles
to travel now and puts on the airs of q
town horse, but she don't sit down. l
heard good story the other day about a
horse, and must tell il to the children.
A man had a horse who would sit down
whenever he was touched in the flank.
he would just squat down on his hind
quarters like dog. The man tried to
break him of it, but he couldn't, and
nobody would buy him. One day a
sportsman came along and made his
acquaintance, and they took ride to-
gether to hunt partridges. When they
found covey, the man touched his heels
| to his horses aanks, and he eat down
"What makes your horse do tbat?" said
the sportsman. "Why, he is setter
said the man. "He sets birds just like a
| dog" So the sportsman thought he was
a most wonderful horse, and he swapped
for him and gave fifty dollars to boot,
and he got on him, and after while they
came to creek that vas pretty deep and
as the sportsman held up his legs to keep
them out of the water his heels touched
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De1ore DIS Juuges, Ills aceuseA, IA ao'ao'
charged him with having taught the doc
triue of strange divinities, and with haV'
ing perverted the youth of Athens. The
philosopher, in reply, twitted Miletus for
having permitted him to 60 on in bis
work for so many years. "For," said he,
"he who does not prevent an evil when
it is in his power, is equally criminal
with him who commits it."
My friends, it is upon this principle,
enunciated by the Athenian sage, that ]
am compelled, before God and man, to
charge you with the sin condemned in
the. text, viz, of putting tho bottle to
your neighbours lips, and making him
drunken.
You may think this grave charge,
but to the extent that you have not done
what is in your power as citizen and a
voter to overthrow the traffic, it is appli.
cable to you.
God has committed to you the ballot
and as sure as you are here this evening
you will have to stand at His bar and &C.
count for the use of it.
I know of two towns in this State
where, when the question of local option
was before them, I am told some of those
who were counted the best men in them
voted the wet ticket. When they did so
they voted to let the work of the devi
20 on to the obstruction of the work o
God. The question of prohibition is ont
which you will each have to face, and
therefore, counsel you to give ccrscien
tious study to it, It is question tina
will not down at any bidding, but on tb'
other hand, is day by day assuming
astonishing proportions. 1t is th
! burning question Of the age. Ma.
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ESDuYelY Yexperlmental. MT. Roe accepted
ursofar and we announced the book. In
Ia short time letters began to. pour in on
from people who had seen our
ssa1nou1ssment, and had also read as
much Sc ths story 8, had appeared in the
Esaaqs,;x asking Us: when the book
Nouid hes spnbl bliahed. These letters we're
aKa frss dlfcation we had. Of the story's
d nopsilsrisy but they were a very sure
ssjgn d edition vas issued and it sold
rapid I. md the sale since. has been very
E large aud steady 2
Hon about your original contract
NTH Mr. R6e e,
sssE EsslIll 90 Ipatter of fact. said Mr..
|Dodd, pleasant s.the original contract
WIS torn rp, and another made on diff.
|ss sfarent basissby which Mr.. Roe is largely
lie xssiiIjer. From that we have publish
sed eyerythiug that he has written, and
IS our relations have always been very
nlessa,t and yery close. - -.
IS WhaE iEIis most popular work ~
T Barriers Burned Away has had the
lsrpest saIs: Fithout q Home stands
ascond on tie list, and, considering the
FFsfssct that Il waa published ten years later
is she most popular. Opening Of 9
ghestnu Burr stands next on list, 'Nea'
s,iS - -. .,,,,, 4 , r,n
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Rer. j. W. Rogan, in Christian Observer.

.Woe unto him that giveth his neighbor drink
that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest hin
drunken,"-Hab, 2: is.
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= = Z Il 8

Obtained. and all PAIEHr BUSINESS
attend cd to PHOHPILI and for AOD-
EH4IE fEE5.
Oar ct'tv j. opposite the [. s. Patent
Office. ant We Can obtain Patents in less
time han those remote from HA5HLNG-
ION
Send MODEL or DRAINING. We
advise as to patentabIjtv free Of charge.
and we make No LH4RGk UNLESS
PATENT IS SECURED.
Ne efer. here. to the Postmaster, the
Supt. OF Money Order Dly., and to of
ficials OF the t.. :. Patent Office. For
circular. advice, terms and references to
actual clients III your own State or Conn-
ty, write 10
G. a sNOW.& co.
Ops esite Patent Office. Washington, D. G
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At STARTLING LOW PRICES.

At STARTLING LOW Il>ItE-@'
o T. IA R f \ c + -
Who i located miles from Scotland
Neck and one mile Of Spring Hill, IN llai'
fax county. is now more than ever, pre-
cared to offer extra inducements to the
rrnblir in the mercantile line Everything
old guaranteed As represented and the
most liberal terms offered to the pureh~;s-
"gpob}ic Don't tonS ,. Of ., g'Iho ing s t.s,
and seen for Yourself that he can o'a'
the word selling goods for the least pos
~ible margin. The PEOPLE generally aF>
invited to call and see him
| have in connection with my store
t;ri>t Nll for the accommondt
lion of the public, which will grind on
tuesdays, Thursdays and SatGrda AZ
Also. in season, | will Gin Cotton TOR the
18th. Your patronage IS respectfully So
lo'' c. T. LAWRENCE
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We carry fail line all the year
round, We ef~r thcee goods as 10"
H.. the lowest. You can save money
~ calling on Us belera making your
uc~aa C. We keep a full stock at
al times, and are eon+tently rcre'Y-
ing new GOODS and are selling them
st very small profit.
We also sell the Household Sewing
Machine. which possesses many points Of
excellence, 1t is easy f4n:inG, q self
setting needle both as to height and p0-
@uon with reference to the shuttle. 1t IS
self threading, excepting one eyelct IN the
nec}Ie bar. 1t will band itse'f running
e:t.er way. Tie attachments Of the TIA
chine are complete and Of the latest and
;est patterns. The Household is model
otreatness and beauty This machine
- guaranteed for five years.
MILES hand made Eagle shoes a spP-
cia'ty. every pair warranted.
Competition is the life of trade. Pur-
clasers will go where they can get the
best goods for the least money.
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" L ARE
II ERIE TO
STA Y!

We respectfully invite the attend
ton of the public to cur Fall Stock
Of NV Dry Goods, Notions, Boots,
Shoes, Hats, Clothi2g, Hardware,
Crockery, Glass, Tin, Wood and
willow Ware, Furniture, Mattresses,
and a great many more articles too
namorous to mentlnn.
CNOCE RIES s.
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M. HTTTT

who has cl'rge Of the shop viii order anything hd